Clothespin



Nov. 3, 1925.

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jmnlor Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

OTTO J. KOPKE, 0F HUTCHINSON, KANSAS.

GLOTHESPIN.

Application filed April 8, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O'r'ro J. KorKn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hutchinson, in the county of Reno and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothespins, of

which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a clothes pin and has for its principal object to construct a device of this nature from a single strand of resilient wire.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a clothes pin of this nature, which is simple in its construction, efficient and reliable, inexpensive to manufacture, strong, durable, and well adapted for the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other ob jects in view, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing: 7

Figure 1 is an edge elevation of the clothes pin embodying the features of my invention, showing the same applied to a clothes line, and

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the clothes pin.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that this clothes pin is formed from a single strand of resilient wire, which is bent over upon itself at an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion being coiled, as at 5. One segment of the wire, extending from the coiled portion 5 is bent over upon itself, intermediate its ends, as at 6, so as to provide sides 7 and 8. The sides 7 and 8 are bent outwardly, at an intermediate portion, as indicated at 9. The lower portions of the sides 7 and 8 are curved outwardly, as at 10. The other segment of the wire is bent over upon itself in a substantially U-shaped formation, including sides 11 and 12, the intermediate por Serial No. 20,470.

tions of which are be in registry with the nt outwardly, as at 13, portions 9, while the lower portions are curved outwardly as at 13'. The end of the toward the side 11, coiledthereabout, as side 8 of the first coiled, as at 15, abou side 12 is curved over and has its terminal at 14. The end of the mentioned segment is t the upper portion of the side 12, which is bent toward the side 11.

The clothes line and clothes are adapted to be received between the portions 9 and 13, when the segments of the wire, are spread apart, as indicated to advantage in Figure 1.

It is thought that the construction and advantages of the invention will now be clearly understood, without a more detailed description thereof.

It is evident that changesin the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed, its advantages.

or sacrificing any of Having thus described my invention,

what I claim as new A clothes pin of the class described,

formed from a single strand of resilient wire be'nt over upon ends to provide a pa itself intermediate its ir of segments, the intermediate portion being in the form of a 0011, one segment being bent over upon itself, so as to provide two abutting sides, the

other segment being bent over upon itself to provide a U-shaped member including two sides, one side of the U-shaped member having its terminal coiled about the other side of the U-shaped member, and the terminal of the first segment being coiled about the second segment, and

the intermediate portions of the sides of the segments being bent outwardly for receiving a clothes line, and the lower portions thereof being bent outwardly so thatthe clothes pin may be engaged evenly with a clothes line. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

OTTO J. KOPKE. 

